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STRETCHER.

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STBETCHER.

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SPECIFICATION forming para of Letters Application filed January 2, 1901.

.To @ZZ whom in' nay concern:

Be it known that I, DENNIs H. MAHAN, lieutenant-commander United States Navy, stationed at Bremerton N avy-Yard, State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stretchers; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Myinventiou relates to an improvement in stretchers; and it consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan View of my improved stretcher. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side View of the same. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4. 4 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a view of the stretcher, showing a man fastened thereto.

a represents the main portion of the wood. Near the center of the board a. is the buttock-piece b, and at one end of the board a is a foot piece or rest c. The uppersurface of the board a is perfectly fiat, excepting the parts b and c, which are fastened thereto by screws or in any other suitable manner.

The back of the stretcher is provided with projecting sides d and with strengthening end pieces e. The sides d are cut away at inter'- vals to permit the passage of the bandsf, which are used to fasten the patient to the stretcher. These bands are preferably provided With eyelets and lacing strings, although buckles, as shown on Fig. l, might be used, if desired. The middle one of the bands f is usually made broader than the others, of which there are usually two, and is provided with transverse rows of eyelets.

Along each of the sides of the stretcher are secured, in any suitable manner, hand-loops fi, preferably made of rope and preferably threein number on each side. The central handloops are usually made larger than the others, and the central band f passes through them.

At each end of the stretcher is attached a larger loop or sling g, the bight of which is Patent No. 677,673, dated J'uiy e, i901.

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brought together to form an eyelet 7L, which is preferably lined with sheet metal.

` The uses to which my stretcher may be put are evident to any doctor or surgeon. The patient is laid flat on his back on the stretcher, with his buttocks in contact with the piece b. The bandsfare then fastened around him. His arms are usually held at his sides by the central bandf, as shown in Fig. 5. The patient can then be carried to the hospital or from a ighting-shipto the hospital-ship or moved in any desired way; By reason of the projecting side pieces cl the stretcher carrying the patient can be easily slidup and down stairs. By means of the eyelets h the stretcher can be easily raised and lowered-as over the side of a ship, for exampleand if the space in which the stretcher is moved is contracted it may be slid along on its edge, the loops fr', either held by attendants or attached to ropes, serving to guide and steady the stretcher.

In case haste is necessary-as, for example, during the progress of a battle-the Wounded men can often-be placed upon the operatingtable and operated upon without removing them from the stretchers, and the stretchers, with the Wounded men fastened thereto, may be placed in an upright position, or fiat, or inclined, as the nature of the Wounds may require.

An especially valuable feature of my in vention is the buttock-piece b, Without which it is difficult to' maintain the Wounded man in the proper position on the stretcher. This buttock-piece may be applied with advantage to the ordinary canvas stretehers now in use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A stretcher provided with a transverse buttock-piece, substantially as described.

2. A stretcher, made of unyielding material and provided With a transverse buttockpiece, substantially as described] 3. A stretcher, made of unyielding material and provided with a transverse buttockpiece and a foot-rest, substantially as described.

4. A stretcher provided with a transverse IOO buttock-piece and fastening-bands, substan- .7. A stretcher, provided with a buttock- 1d tialiy as described. piece, a foot-rest, fastening-bands, hand- V5. A stretcher provided with a transverse loops and'slings, substantially as described. buttock piece, a foot-rest and fastening- In testimony whereof I ax my signature 5' bands, substantially as described. in presence of two witnesses.

6. A stretcher, provided with a buttock- DENNIS H. MAHAN. piece, afoot-rest, fastening means and means Witnesses: for carrying said stretcher, substantially as JAS. H. BLACKWOOD, described. 1 JOHN I-I. HOLT. 

